K16965 : bzip2 vulnerabilities CVE-2005-0953 and CVE-2005-1260

Security Advisory Description

• CVE-2005-0953

Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by bzip2 after the decompression is complete.

• CVE-2005-1260

bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a “decompression bomb”).

Impact

None. F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.